Stop assault on press freedom

While the international media celebrated the release of Australian Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste after 401 days of detention in Egypt, his two colleagues, Baher Mohamed and Mohamed Fahmy, are still behind bars awaiting retrial.

Closer home, the safety and freedom of Kenya's journalists has never been under greater threat. Over the recent past, cases of journalists receiving threats for publishing reports touching on the ills bedevilling the Kenyan society have reportedly been on the rise.